Celestial Edition 15 will be in stores this week! This re-release of Celestial Edition features not only a full reprint, but also many extras. Included in each booster is an additional rare from select CE-legal expansions, and a Flashback card, featuring a famous card from the 15 Years of L5R. Starters feature a new fixed card, a Celestial Mempo for each Clan, as well as bonus rares, a Flashback card, and a new rulebook! All of CE 15 cards have been MRP’d to the current legal wordings (except for the Flashback cards which retain all their glorious original wordings, as confusing as they may have been!).

For those of you who want a sneak-peek at opening CE 15, L5Rchives has post a weblog of opening the first pack and starter, filmed at the AEG offices last week.

The next installment of the L5R 4th Edition Designer Diaries is now up at ENworld.org. The link is a direct link to the article. In this installment Shawn Carman discusses Designing Skills in Fourth Edition.

Soon Celestial Edition 15 will be released and many players may be wondering what these old cards are all about. To celebrate L5R’s 15 years of success, we have included a 12th card into each booster pack of CE 15, free of charge. This card is a Flashback card and is one of 110 different Flashback cards in this set. Flashbacks look back at L5R’s history and shows some of the most important parts of it, both in the card game and in the story.

None of the Flashbacks are Celestial Edition legal, you will notice their lack of a Celestial bug…

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Valiant Miniatures has re-issued 32mm Clan War miniatures! Just in time for L5R RPG 4th Edition. Visit Valiant’s site and click the Clan War links at the bottom of the table to see and order the figures.

One of the questions I have heard a lot in the past is how to tell if a Personality is performing an action. It is simpler than it sounds, but we are working on making it simpler. Read the full post >>

The next installment of the L5R 4th Edition Designer Diaries is now up at ENworld.org. The link is a direct link to the article. In this installment Shawn Carman discusses The Feel of Rokugan in Fourth Edition.

This event will be held in conjunction with the release of Celestial 15 on March 22

This kit contains the Event Storyline (see below), Booster Draft Packs, and a Promotional Participation Card. Quantities were based on your Stronghold Store Level at the time of shipping. If you have any questions regarding running a draft event, please see the Alternate Format Rules at rules.l5r.com. Please note that Flashback cards are not legal for Draft play unless they are Celestial Edition legal. Read the full post >>

In the Empire of Rokugan, there are two groups of samurai who are exalted above all others. The first is the collection of individuals known as the Emperor’s Chosen, men and women chosen directly by the Emperor or Empress to serve the throne directly, including the Imperial Advisor, the Imperial Chancellor, the Shogun, the Voice of the Emperor, and the Imperial Treasurer. The other such group is the Jeweled Champions, a group of samurai who ascend to the highest levels of society through achievement, typically by succeeding at a great tournament held among the most gifted individuals in the whole of Rokugan. These individuals include the Emerald Champion, the Jade Champion, the Amethyst Champion, the Ruby Champion, and the Topaz Champion. The Jeweled Champions, while generally less influential than the Emperor’s Chosen, are somewhat more glamorous to the average samurai, for the potential to achieve such a position is something that any individual can dream of for himself.

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We have added the MRP (Most Recent Printing) page here. This will remain updated as well as the MRP page on the rules wiki.

All players who wish to possibly see their card ideas come to life are allowed to submit card designs to AEG. If you are going to do so, please send your idea to breese@alderac.com and include the following legal boilerplate.

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